This paper investigates whether the British pattern of an early transition from school to work persists. We apply sequence analysis to data from the British Household Panel Survey and the U.K. Household Longitudinal Study to study how education and employment trajectories of young adults born in 1974–1990 differ by 5‐year birth cohort, gender, and socioeconomic background. The distinctive British early transition from school to work is still prevalent, although trajectories have become more complex and precarious with an increase in part‐time employment and prolonged stays in education among the youngest cohorts. Occupational outcomes of highly educated men and women were similar. However, women who did not continue education were more likely to experience turbulent transitions with longer spells of part‐time work and inactivity. The proportion of university graduates from lower socioeconomic backgrounds has increased, yet their chances of being in professional and managerial occupations remain significantly lower.

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英国从学校到工作的过渡过程中，多样性、不稳定和教育时间延长

本文调查了英国早期从学校过渡到工作的模式是否持续存在。我们对英国家庭追踪调查和英国家庭纵向研究的数据进行序列分析，以研究 1974 年至 1990 年出生的年轻人的教育和就业轨迹如何因 5 年出生队列、性别和社会经济背景而异。英国独特的从学校到工作的早期过渡仍然很普遍，尽管随着兼职就业的增加和最年轻群体中受教育时间的延长，轨迹变得更加复杂和不稳定。受过高等教育的男性和女性的职业结果相似。然而，没有继续接受教育的女性更有可能经历动荡的转变，长时间从事兼职工作和不活动。来自较低社会经济背景的大学毕业生的比例有所增加，但他们从事专业和管理职业的机会仍然明显较低。